Weekly Republican, Volume 57, Number 47, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 November 1911 — Page 22

The Town of Tippecanoe

Tippecanoe is one of the most enterprising small towns in Marshall county. The land in the township is considered excellent for general purpose farming, but wheat and corn are mostly grown around the neighborhood of the town. While this has been the case for some years, a number of farmers are now going into the raising of potatoes and

onions, the latter for pickling purposes. Lands in the vicinity of the town sell at from $75 to $125 per acre, having increased considerably in value during the past few years. There is a good deal of trading done in Tippecanoe. Wheat this year averaged 15 bushels to the acre

Quincy Cram's Livery Barn at Tippecanoe is the best in the district. Good horses, careful drivers and reasonable prices. There is an automobile for rent in connection with my livery barn. Tie Home ol Ik Famous Mob Captain N.

and oats 50 bushels. The farms mostly average 100 acres, but that, of James H. Shaffer is 360 acres and is the largest in the township. His wheat yield this year was 15 bushels to the acre, corn, 50 bushels and potatoes, 200 stone to the bushel. Oats went 50 bushels. The potato crop was considered only fair in this neighborhood. Mr. Shaffer will leave shortly for Texas, where he owns 3000 acres of timber land.

The town is splendidly isolated,

and the merchants complain bitterly

of the poor train service which they have to contend with. They do con-

siderable business with Plymouth, less than twenty miles away, yet they cannot come to the county seat and return to Tippecanoe the same day. They say that if better train service could be arranged with Plymouth, it would mean that the latter city would benefit considerably by it. The farmers are mostly well to do in this part of the county, and own very fine homesteads. Tippecanoe has a Methodist church and two schools. It has six business places, an elevator, saw mill, cider mill and Heinz salting station. The Tippecanoe river is a famed Mecca for sportsmen, and the sum-

mer season brings disciples of Izaak

Walton from all parts of the state

who usually carry away splendid

catches of black bass and other species of the finny tribe. The leading store in the town, that of Mr. St. John, was purchased by him eight years ago. It then carried a stock of general hardware valued at $420. At present the

stock is valued at over $7000. It is one of the most complete in the county. Mr. St. John is a live, and progressive business man and is highly respected in the community. There is no marshal in Tippecanoe, and consequently no crime. Neither is there a justice of the peace in the township. The residents of the little town are certainly a happy and contented people. The Heinz salting station makes a goodly source of income for this

community. The more prominent growers of cucumbers there are Jacob Yantiss. who had returns of $83.21 from a half acre; Valorous B.

Fisher, who made an acre pay him

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We are a cheerful nation or a discouraged one, according to our corn crops. When we hear that the corn field for the year ending December, 1910, totaled up to one billion four hundred million dollars we begin to understand the value of corn to the progress of the United States, and, furthermore, when we are told that through the art of improving plant life by breeding even these enormous crops could be increased ten per cent. annually (adding one hundred and fifty millions a year to our national receipts) we realize somewhat the advantage of the study of agricultural conditions and the enormous value

him of the Corn Exhibitions which are

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WILLIAM S. ROSS OBMERAL BLACKSMITH i Horseshoeing a Specialty Repair Vork o! all Kinds

$119.42; Chas. Smith, whose acre brought him $119.81; and Chris. Martin, whose acre produced for him the sum of $161.10.

A Mail' Carrier's Load seems heavier when he has a weak back and kidney trouble. Fred Duehren, Mail Carrier at Atchison Kas., says;: tlI have been bothered with kidney and bladder trouble and had a severe pain across my back. When ever I carried a heaw load of mail, my kidney trouble increased. Some time ago, I started taking Foley kidnev Pills and since taking them 1 have gotten entirely rid of all my kidney trouble and am as sound as ever. ' ' Fred Wenzler.

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The Up-To-Date Butcher

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Nothing but the best of meats kept in stock. ALWAYS FRESH Beef, Pork and Smoked Meats our specialty.

Isaac Rhodes & Son Proprietors Phone 19 TIPPECANOE, IND.

FIRST CLASS BARBER SHOP (M POLLSON, Proprietor Tippecanoe, Ind.

EXCELLENT IRK GUARANTEED A fine line of Cigars, Tobaccos and Candies of all kinds kept In stock. EVERYTHING UPT0DATE

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Jas. Vorsham TIPPECANOE, IND. Saw Mill feed Mill feed Grinding Cider Mill Best of attention given to all orders. First class workmanship in all branches of my busiHCSS PHONE No. SIX

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The Big Hardware Store

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TIPPECANOE, - DND I CARRY AN EXCLUSIVE LINE OF FAVORITE STOVES

The Best and Most Economical Stove sold in Marshall County. It burns less coal, gives more heat and is easier to keep clean than any other stove sold. Come in and see for yourself.

Farm Implements

Of all kinds and a all prices. If you want

to save money on your purchases of such implements, buy from me. A large and varied stock always on hand.

Harness

And every other requisite required in the stables kept in stock. STEEL ROOFING

AND SPOUTING, PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES, STOVE PIPING. ROYAL FENCE.

My general stock of TT T7TTO embraces Everything to be found in similar JLicirU. VV dlC stores in all the big metropolitan cities. It is thoroughly up-to.date in every detail.

IT PAYS to do your trading at my store. You get satisfaction; you get value for your money, and you get well treated always. Even if you do not want to purchase, you will at all times be welcome to come in and look around.

Tippe

canoe's Big Hardware Sture

TIPPECANOE, IND.

G. S. ST. JOHN, Proprietor

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beinsr held from year to vear in the Middle West. Not only are these exhibitions of the greatest practical importance i the country, but of the widest significance to the individual, and so rapidly has the interest in them jrrown that where at first the cities in which the shows were held assumed the responsibility of meeting expenses, the fourth Xational Corn Exhibit, held this winter at Columbus. Ohio, was financed and managed by the corn growers themselves.

Hut important as these exhibitions are to the nation as a whole, their significance in the back-to-the-land movement is incalculable, for they muH awaken the interest of the boys of America in country life by stimulating their imagination toward the growth and prosperity of the nation. A country cannot hope for agricultural prosperity unless tlie face of the youth of the land is turned toward her fields and meadows, and the boy of this country, alert, caucr. oucstionimr. will face the

direction of most vital interest the city if it otters the greater thrill and opportunity, cr the country if it beckons with big enough call to the pulse of youth, lint the appeal has got to be genuine, it has' rot to flaunt a banner and stir the blocd and promise some sort of tangible victory. And that is tho vain? of the Corn

Exposition. It brings men. the workfrs of the land, together, to sho what each is accomplishing and to contrast effort and success. It brings about co:npetiti'jn. in t lie finer sense; it awakens a desire to

struggle, to prove individual ability.

to ope with t he best efforts of other strugulers. It stimulates intelligent industry; it stirs admiration and t ouches personal pri.le. And then t lie results are twofold for the nation and the individual. The ycuth who is a progressive, successful farmer is not only establishing his own life in a permanent valuable relation to his country, but is aidiirr the advancement of that conn try in the most vital and practical ma nn or. And because the growing of corn in America is so essential to the strength of the nation, why should not the Corn Exhibition become our recognize 1 national festival the meeting-place of the sinew and backbone of the land. Ticture what knowledge, what com paniensbip. wliat stimulus for endeavor would result from these festivals! What an appeal could be ma le to the bovs on the farm through competitive display of produce and from prizes for agricultural achievement. The value of content in I aber has not in recent years been recVoned with. "We need farm festivals, where boys could haw a chance to see what energy and enthusiasm and knowledge can accomplish. Tt takes a philosopher to labor for the sake of the world or evc.i to work for self-development. The average boy needs his ambition 'riekc-.l, 1 is latent purpose stirred by the sense of ha tt I-?, the desire for success. T et o;i- bovs enlist for the field of action on the farm, and win ore ferment at our nat:onal epi-tio-is for farm progress. What ai o'-pntunitv the Covern-n-e tf wo "11 have to make the Agricultural Department effective by offering pries to countrv youths at tbe-r expositions, thus stimulating a sririt of rivalry in fruit gt owing, vegetable raising, in advancing our 'orn err ns. in enlarging our hothouse activit'es. And although . we have said bovs through this article, we mean the youth of our land, boys and girls, for there is no reason why our girls fhould not beco've expert gardeners and farrers. Why should it be consMerc 1' any harder to weed a garden than et ok a dinner, and why is it a-iv vrr feminine to iron clothes it'dcors than to plant seed out in

thf sunshine? I On" farm festivals should be open I to all comers, with helo and reward , for. all effo-t ; for hom building, fitting and f'irnishing of houses; for horro makers, including t'e handi'"afts: w'th information for every line of farm activ'ty. with opportunity to find out what can be done ns vrll as wlnt has been done, and

ti e nio.-t significant department of i

U should be the space devoted to the young people, to suit their nee;ls. to

stimulate their activity and reward their achievement.

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WM. RO$, Tippecanoe, Ind.

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The Stock is large, fresh and complete at all times. It embraces DRY GOODS BOOTS AND SHOES DAIRY PRODUCE and everything else that goes to make an up-to-date GENERAL STORE

The Best of service in everything. Prices of all articles reason able. Come in and do your trading at

W. TAYLOR'S General Store,

TIPPECANOE, INDIANA

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Attention Farmers!

Be progressive and keep in touch with the outside world! Establish a TELEPHONE in your residence. You will never have a better opportunity.

It Saves TIME, LABOR, EXPENSE and WORRY,

The Tippecanoe Telephone Exchange will do the work for you. Just call us up at Tippecanoe, and for the small price of

ONE DOLLAR Per Month

We will put you in comunication with all your near by towns and neighbors.

WILLIAM GASKILL. Manager, TIPPECANOE, INDIANA. o2 &&&&SS&S SöS S'oS Ä v2o &ÄS

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In All and Every Branch .SHIM & CREIGHBAÜM the up-to-date General Merchants in Tippecanoe, they carry everything in stock necessarv to good and cheap living. OUR GOODS ARE ALWAYS FRESH AND PALATABLE We buy nothing but The Best, and we sell at a small Margin of Profit. The farmers patronize our delivery wagons, because they can depend on getting good value for their money. Everything in stock usually carried by the departmental stores of tlie big cities. Dairy Produce of all kinds and alwavs absolutely fresh. Patronize Tippecanoe's Big General Store. Phone 2

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